Stokes v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 21

ORDER APPROVING AND ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION 20 ; granting in part and denying in part 17 motion; Plaintiff is awarded $3,087.50 in fees, which shall be paid directly to Plaintiff; signed by Judge Janet T. Neff (Judge Janet T. Neff, rmw)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
DEMTRICE L. STOKES,
Plaintiff,

Case No. 1:13-cv-481

v.

HON. JANET T. NEFF

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY,
Defendant.
/
ORDER APPROVING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
This is a civil action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). Plaintiff filed a Motion for
Attorneys Fees Pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (Dkt 17). The matter was referred to the
Magistrate Judge, who issued a Report and Recommendation on February 13, 2014, recommending
that this Court grant in part and deny in part Plaintiff’s motion. The Report and Recommendation
was duly served on the parties. No objections have been filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C).
Therefore,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge
(Dkt 20) is APPROVED and ADOPTED as the opinion of the Court.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorneys Fees Pursuant to
the Equal Access to Justice Act (Dkt 17) is GRANTED for the reasons stated in the Report and
Recommendation.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff is awarded three-thousand, eighty-seven dollars
and fifty cents ($3,087.50) in fees, which shall be paid directly to Plaintiff.

Dated: March 6, 2014

/s/Janet T. Neff
JANET T. NEFF
United States District Judge